Vinyl Lip Lacquer Ingredients

Ingredients Overview

Hydrogenated Polyisobutene, Caprylic/​Capric Triglyceride, Polybutene, C15-19 Alkane, Mica, Ethylhexyl Palmitate, Tribehenin, Ethylene/​Propylene/​Styrene Copolymer, Butylene/​Ethylene/​Styrene Copolymer, Phenoxyethanol, Flavor, Caprylyl Glycol, Tocopheryl Acetate, Sorbic Acid, Sorbitan Isostearate, Palmitoyl Oligopeptide. May Contain: CI77891,  CI15850,  CI45410,  CI77742, CI16035, CI19140, CI77499, CI77491, CI77492

 Highlights

  • #Alcohol-Free

 Key Ingredients

  • Antioxidant: Tocopheryl Acetate

  • Cell-Communicating Ingredient: Palmitoyl Oligopeptide

 Ingredients Explained

 Hydrogenated Polyisobutene

What-It-Does: EmollientViscosity Controlling

Irritancy: 2 

Comedogenicity: 1 

Synthetic Liquid Oil That Can Replace Mineral Oil Or Silicone Oils In The Cosmetic Formulas. There Are Different Grades Depending On The Molecular Weight Ranging From Very Light, Volatile, Non-Residue Leaving Ones To More Substantial, Slight Residue Leaving Ones.

Apart From Leaving The Skin Soft And Smooth (emollient), It's Also Used As A Waterproofing Agent In Sunscreens Or Makeup Products And As A Shine Enhancer In Lip Gloss Formulas. 

Caprylic/​Capric Triglyceride

What-It-Does: Emollient

A Super Common Emollient That Makes Your Skin Feel Nice And Smooth.

It’s Light-Textured, Clear, Odorless And Non-Greasy.

It’s A Nice Ingredient That Just Feels Good On The Skin, Is Super Well Tolerated By Every Skin Type, And Easy To Formulate With, No Wonder It’s Popular. 

It Comes From Coconut Oil And Glycerin. 

Polybutene

What-It-Does: Viscosity Controlling

We Don't Have Description For This Ingredient Yet. 

C15-19 Alkane

What-It-Does: Emollient

A Nice-Feeling, Light Emollient That Makes The Skin Soft And Smooth. It Gives A Fresh And Gliding Sensation With A Powdery Or Soft After-Feel Depending On The Exact Grade Used. It Is A Popular Alternative To Replace Silicones. Chemically Speaking, It Is An Alkane (stable, non-reacting hydrocarbon) That Used To Be Produced From Petrochemicals, But Today's Versions Are Vegetable Based & Readily Biodegradable.  

Mica (also called CI77019) 

What-It-Does: Colorant

A Super Versatile And Common Mineral Powder That Comes In Different Particle Sizes.

It Is A Multi-Tasker Used To Improve Skin Feel, Increase Product Slip, Give The Product Light-Reflecting Properties, Enhance Skin Adhesion Or Serve As An Anti-Caking Agent.

It’s Also The Most Commonly Used "Base" Material For Layered Composite Pigments Such As Pearl-Effect Pigments. In This Case, Mica Is Coated With One Or More Metal Oxides (Most Commonly Titanium Dioxide) To Achieve Pearl Effect Via The Physical Phenomenon Known As Interference.  

Ethylhexyl Palmitate

What-It-Does: Emollient

Irritancy: 0

Comedogenicity: 2-4 

A Super Common, Medium-Spreading Emollient Ester That Gives Richness To The Formula And A Mild Feel During Rubout.

It Can Be A Replacement For Mineral Oil And Is Often Combined With Other Emollients To Achieve Different Sensorial Properties. 

Tribehenin

What-It-Does: Emollient

It's The Triglyceride Of Behenic Acid That Works As A Thickening Or Gelling Agent, As A Compacting Agent For Pressed Powders, And Improves Heat Stability Of Emulsions.  

Ethylene/​Propylene/​Styrene Copolymer

What-It-Does: Viscosity Controlling

A Helper Ingredient That's Used As An Oil Gelling Agent Together With Its Sibling, Butylene/Ethylene/Styrene Copolymer. These Two Together Can Be Combined With Different Types Of Hydrocarbons (e.g. mineral oil or different emollient esters) To Form Gels With Different Sensorial And Physical Properties.

The Resulted Hydrocarbon Gels Can Improve Skin Occlusivity (and reduce trans-epidermal water loss) And They Are Also Excellent To Form Suspensions.  

Butylene/​Ethylene/​Styrene Copolymer

What-It-Does: Viscosity Controlling

A Helper Ingredient That's Used As A Gelling Agent Together With A Hydrocarbon And Its Sibling, Ethylene/Propylene/Styrene Copolymer.  

Phenoxyethanol

What-It-Does: Preservative

It’s Pretty Much The Current It-Preservative Because It’s Safe And Gentle

It Was Introduced Around 1950 And Today It Can Be Used Up To 1% Worldwide

It Can Be Found In Nature - In Green Tea - But The Version Used In Cosmetics Is Synthetic.  

Caprylyl Glycol

What-It-Does: Moisturizer/HumectantEmollientDeodorant

It’s A Handy Multi-Tasking Ingredient That Gives The Skin A Nice, Soft Feel.

At The Same Time, It Also Boosts The Effectiveness Of Other Preservatives, Such As The Super Commonly Used Phenoxyethanol. The Blend Of These Two (Caprylyl Glycol + Phenoxyethanol) Is Called Optiphen, Which Not Only Helps To Keep Your Cosmetics Free From Nasty Things For A Long Time But Also Gives A Good Feel To The Finished Product. It's A Popular Duo. 

Tocopheryl Acetate (also called Vitamin E Acetate)

What-It-Does: Antioxidant

Irritancy: 0 

Comedogenicity: 0 

It’s The Most Commonly Used Version Of Pure Vitamin E In Cosmetics. 

This One Is The Esterified Version. According To Famous Dermatologist, Leslie Baumann While Tocopheryl Acetate Is More Stable And Has A Longer Shelf Life, It’s Also More Poorly Absorbed By The Skin And May Not Have The Same Awesome Photoprotective Effects As Pure Vitamin E.  

Sorbic Acid

What-It-Does: Preservative

Mild, Natural Preservative That Usually Is Made Together With Its Other Mild Preservative Friends, Such As Benzoic Acid And/Or Dehydroacetic Acid.

It's Also Used As A Food Preservative. 

Sorbitan Isostearate

What-It-Does: Emulsifying

Irritancy: 0 

Comedogenicity: 1-2 

A Handy Helper Ingredient That Helps Water And Oil To Mix Nicely Together, Aka Emulsifier.

It Is Especially Recommended For Protective, Baby Care And General-Purpose Emollient Creams.

It Also Helps To Disperse Insoluble Particles (think color pigments or zinc/titanium dioxide sunscreen) Nice And Even In Cosmetic Formulas.  

Palmitoyl Oligopeptide (also called Biopeptide El, Pal-Vgvapg, Palmitoyl Hexapeptide-12) 

What-It-Does: Cell-Communicating Ingredient

Six Amino Acid Peptide That Is Claimed To Improve Firmness And Skin Tone.

Its Amino Acid Sequence Is Val-Gly-Val-Ala-Pro-Gly That Is Also Called The "Spring Fragment" And Is Repeated Six Times In The Important Skin Protein, Elastin Molecule.

The Manufacturer Made A Double-Blind, One-Month Long Clinical Study On 10 Women And Found That Twice A Day Application Of 4%  Biopeptide El Improved Skin Firmness By 33% And Skin Tone By 20%.  

CI 77891 (also called Titanium Dioxide/Ci 77891)

What-It-Does: Colorant

Irritancy: 0

Comedogenicity: 0 

CI 77891 Is The Color Code Of Titanium Dioxide, A White Pigment With Great Color Consistency And Dispersibility. 

CI 15850 (also called Red 6, Red 7)

What-It-Does: Colorant

Irritancy: 0

Comedogenicity: 1 

We Don't Have Description For This Ingredient Yet. 

CI 45410 (also called Red 28, Red 27, Red 27 Lake, Red 28 Lake, Acid Red 92 Phloxine)

What-It-Does: Colorant

Irritancy: 0

Comedogenicity: 2 

A Cosmetic Colorant Used As A Reddish Pigment. Some Versions Have A Ph-Sensitive Dye That Enables A Colorless Lip Balm To Turn Red/Pink Upon Application.  

CI 77742 (also called Manganese Violet)

What-It-Does: Colorant

An Inorganic (as in no carbon in its molecule) Pigment That Gives Pigments Their Purple Or Violet Shade.  

CI 16035 (also called Red 40)

What-It-Does: Colorant

Irritancy: 2

Comedogenicity: 2 

We Don't Have Description For This Ingredient Yet. 

CI 19140 (also called Tartrazine, Yellow 5)

What-It-Does: Colorant

CI 19140  Or Tartrazine Is A Super Common Colorant In Skincare, Makeup, Medicine & Food. It’s A Synthetic Lemon Yellow That's Used Alone Or Mixed With Other Colors For Special Shades

The FDA Says It's Possible, But Rare, To Have An Allergic-Type Reaction To A Color Additive. As An Example, It Mentions That CI19140 May Cause Itching And Hives In Some People But The Colorant Is Always Labeled So That You Can Avoid It If You Are Sensitive.  

CI 77499 (also called Iron Oxide Black)

What-It-Does: Colorant

Irritancy: 0

Comedogenicity: 0 

Black Iron Oxide Is The Super Common Inorganic (as in no carbon atom in the molecule) Pigment That Controls The Darkness Of Your Foundation Or Gives The Blackness To Your Mascara.

Blended With Red And Black Iron Oxides, It Is Essential In All "Flesh-Toned" Makeup Products.

Chemically Speaking, It Is A Mixture Of Iron II And Iron III Oxide, And Is Magnetic.  

CI 77491 (also called Iron Oxide Red)

What-It-Does: Colorant

Irritancy: 0

Comedogenicity: 0 

Red Iron Oxide Is The Super Common Pigment That Gives The Familiar "Rust" Red Color.

It’s Also The One That Gives The Pink Tones In Your Foundation.

Chemically Speaking, It Is Iron III Oxide (Fe2o3).  

CI 77492 (also called Iron Oxide Yellow)

What-It-Does: Colorant

Irritancy: 0

Comedogenicity: 0 

Yellow Iron Oxide Is The Super Common Inorganic (as in no carbon atom in the molecule) Pigment That Gives The Yellow Tones In Your Foundation.

Blended With Red And Black Iron Oxides, It Is Essential In All "Flesh-Toned" Makeup Products. 

Chemically Speaking, It Is Hydrated Iron III Oxide And Depending On The Conditions Of Manufacture, It Can Range From A Light Lemon To An Orange-Yellow Shade.  

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